Shingle and method of laying the same



July 12,1927. 1,635,733

, G. R. WYMAN SHINGLE AND METHOD oF LAYING THE 'SAME Filed Sept. 23. 1924 www@ M3 6 Lwm portion thereof t which, when the shingles arelaid, will en-VA gage or interlock with the adjacent shingles 'l such as the usual Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED- STATES 1,635,733 PATENT oFFicE,

GEORGE R. WYMAN, OIF WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BIRD& SON, IN- CORPORATED, 0F WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

lSEIN.'frllldll AND METHOD LAYING THE SAME,

Application filed September 23, 1924. Serial No. 739,392.

This invention relates to an improved form of shingle and to the method of laying the same.

duce a shingle having formed as an integral a1 locking tongue or tab,

and thus cause the various shingles forming the. roofing or siding to lie flat.

'l` he construction of the shingle is such thatno separate securing bars, straps or similar tmembers, have to be fastened to the shingle, but, on the other hand., the tongue or tab is preferably produced as an integral part of the shingle body or as an extension thereof.

Under the method of laying which vis employed, there are no exposed nails, but, on.

the other hand, the nails utilized in part to secure the shingles in place are covered over in the act of placement of the various shingles. i

The structure and the manner in which the shingles are laid are illustrated in the anneXed drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a plan view of a series of shingles laid up in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 a similar view on a larger scale of one of the shingles;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of a portion of a shingle showing the locking tongue turned inwardly beneath the body, or in that position which it occupies w en the shingle is `LIaid; and Fi 1 and 5, sectional views taken, respectively, on the lines IV-IV and V-V of Fig. 1. The shingle may be produced from any suitable material, such, 4for instance, as sheet felt or felt paper, saturated or impregnated 'with any suitable waterproofing material, the shingle' being preferably coated with asphalt, and surfaced with crushed slate, slate surfaced ready roofing or shin les, or the like. The s ngle body is preferably poly onal in outline, and in the instant case is s own as vrectangular in contour and denoted by 1. Adjacent oneI `corner of the blank the op posite ed 2 and 3 are notched out as at 4 an esas 5, the notches being preferably right angled ones and slightly curved or rounded at their base or inner end.

There is thus producedp'a tongue or tab The main object of the invention is to prol 6, the outer end whereof is pointed and thc longitudinal axis of which is coincident with one of the diagonals of the shingle body.

upper portions of the notches, designated by 7 and 8, adjacent the root of the tongue are in aflinement and stand at right angles to the axis of the tongue, so that when vthe tongue is bent inwardly beneath the body,

Aor conversely, when the body is turned upwardly over the tongue as in thev act of lay-- ing the shingles,'there will be produced a substantially continuous line across the lower portion of the shingle, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

In actual use, I prefer to bend the tongue inwardly beneath the shingle body at the time of manufacture, this for thereason that the material at such time is relatively softand there is no tendency to crack or disrupt the structure.- It is conceivable, however, that the shingles may be shipped flat, but care must be taken, if thisis done, not to lay them in cold weather without softening the shingles slightly before the tongue is bent inwardly, or. conversely, the body bent over the tongue.

The marginal portions of the body or the In laying'the shingles a course of shingles,

or triangular pieces forming a lower course. in case a finish strip is not employed at the lower edge of the roof or siding, a'nd designated as a, b, and c, are secured to the roof or siding structureat their adjacent corners by nails, as 9 and 10. Such corners are brought close together and the nails so located as to be spaced aparta distance somewhat in excess of the width of thev tongue or tab 6. .A second rowor course of shingles as d, e, f and g, is then positioned, the tongue of each shingle being respectively .passed upwardly beneath the adj acent' corners of the previously positioned and secured shingles, which corners may be temporarily raised by the introduction of the cla-w of a hammer or other suitable tool.

When the tongue is thus inserted, if the shingle had not been previously bent, the shingle is turned upwardly and is secured in .place by nails in the manner previously indicated; The shingle thus positioned overlies and overlapsv the edges of the previously laid adjacent shingles and the lower edge thereof is held closely in place by the tongue or tabv 6, which is held down by the overlying and-inwafrdly projecting corners of en v oifsetting the saine the adjacent shingles oit the previously laid series or row.

By reason et the tact that the tongue is relatiyely narrow, it is only essential to raise theadjacent corners ot the two previously laid shingles in order' to insert the tongue. ln other words, the bodies oit the two adjacent shingles, as for instance e and jt', do not have to be raised but only the corners there of lying between the two fastening nails, as El and l0, in order that the tab or tongue may be readily inserted and passed upwardly between the saine. "lhus the lay oil the ,prei viously laid shingles c and f is not disturbed and no appreciable crack or opening is left between the edgcs ot' said shingles c and f and the previously laid shingle or element b. Illhese saine conditions obtain throughout the entire roof or siding.

The shingles thus laid become intcrlocked and a shadow effect is produced at the lower edge or butt thereof. Moreover, the con? struction allows for expansion and contraction without disarrangeincnt or bucking of the shingle; Furthermore, there is little opportunity for the Wind to raise the shingle,a point of manifest advantage. As will be appreciated, there are no slits or cuts in the material which start tui-ther tears into the body of the shingle, and the rounding of the root et the notches in the production of the tongue materially aids in pre` venting the tearing of the shingle, both in handling and in the action ot' the wind thereon.

Again, with the construction disclosed, the shinfrles may be readily produced, the notches being formed aiter the blanks have been cut out, or the shingle as a completed article may be died out of the stock.

The shingles may be readily bundled by as they are stacked up to accommodate double thickness where the tongue occurs; such oilsetting is of course not necessary if the tongues are not bent during the course of manufacture, which operation, as above noted is, however, the preterred one.

l'llhat l claim is:

l. its a new article of manufacture, a nexible composition shingle rectangular in outline and or' the saule thickness throughout, having at one corner thereof tongue formed as an integral portion of the ody, said tongue having parallel side edges, the bend or' the tongue, when said tongue is folded beneath the body, standing in substantial alignment with the butt edge of the shingle extending outwardly to each side of the tongue.

lis a new article of manufacture, a flexible' composition shingle rectangular in out line and of the saine thickness throug'g'hout.,-

haring at one Ycorner thereof a relatively narrow, pointed tongucforrned as an ntegral portion of the body, the line of junction ot the tongue with the body portion stand ing in alignment with the adjacent edges of the shingle to each side thereof, said ed es and line of junction for1ning,`when"t e tongue is turned under the body of the shingle the shingle butti.

3. In a roofing' or the like, courses of flex-' ihle diagonally laid shingles having their horizontal opposite corners closely adjacent `and secured by fasteners penetrating said shingles substantially on their horizontal diagonal edges and close to said corners, each shingle being generally rectangular in outline with a transverse'exposed butt edge at the lower corner thereof and each having hinged` thereto at the butt end a bent under tongue held down solely by the corners of the adjacent shingles overlyingthe tongue and having a substantial portion of said tongue extending above the line of the fasteners the width of said tongue being 'substantially that of the hinge and materially less than said butt edge.

ln testimony whereof I have naine to this specification;

GEORGE R. WYMAN.

signed myA 

